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What does Mega mean in Chinese? Shanda; Wonderful? Is Samsung Galaxy Mega really worthy of a 6.3-inch screen? Shanda? This title, but at the same time, the 6.3-inch screen is definitely not controlled by one hand. What can this 6.3-inch screen do? What are the advantages compared with the current 4.7-inch and 5-inch screens? Is Galaxy Mega 6.3 wonderful? This is the content of this assessment to answer questions for everyone.
1. Basic hardware configuration
At the beginning of the evaluation, we still defined the machine through the basic hardware configuration of Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3. Due to the long gestation period before the launch of Samsung Galaxy Mega, there are many rumors about the machine, including the rumor that the processor adopts Samsung Orion 5250 dual-core A 15 architecture processor and the screen adopts 1920* 1080 resolution screen. Let's use the hardware parameter table to debunk the rumors one by one.
Basic hardware parameters of Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3
operating system
Android 4.2.2 system
Network standard
WCDMA/GSM
Fuselage size
88 x 168.6 x 7.9 mm
weight
197g (with deviation)
screen
6.3 inch 1208*720 resolution PLS screen
camera
8 megapixel main camera 65438+900 megapixel front camera
processor
Qualcomm 400 Dual-Core 1.4GHz (Evaluation Edition)
Body memory
Ram:1.5gb rom: 8gb/16gb (expansion supported).
eigenfunction
Infrared remote controller
battery
3 100mAh supports NFC function (replaceable)
Fuselage color
Blue/white
listed price
3 199 yuan
From the hardware parameter table, we can see that, firstly, Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 adopts Qualcomm 400 series processor, and considering that the GPU of this processor is Adreno305, the author preliminarily determines that this machine adopts MSM8230 dual-core processor from Qualcomm.
Qualcomm MSM8230 dual-core processor adopts Krait architecture optimized by Qualcomm, and its performance is between Cortex-A9 and Cortex-A 15, but it has obvious advantages in energy consumption compared with A 15 architecture. The processor is explained in detail at the end of our evaluation article. By the way, I got the 8GB version of the fuselage storage space. Through the tests of Ann Bunny, SetCPU and other software, I found that the main frequency of Mega 6.3 in my hand is running at 1.4GHz. It seems that 8GB is more than the storage space gap compared with 16GB version.
2. The shape design is nothing new.
When I first saw Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3, I felt that the design of this mobile phone was an isometric version of Samsung Galaxy S4. Even the author joked that the designer of Samsung Galaxy Mega magnified PS by holding down Shift, so it can be said that there is no innovation in design.
▲ Front design of fuselage
On the positive side, Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 adopts the same design as the blue version of Samsung Galaxy S4, and both of them adopt the dark pattern design with dots. For the 6.3-inch giant screen mobile phone, it is very important to protect the screen. Although Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 is protected by wear-resistant glass, after a period of non-pasting, this Mega in the author's hand has already appeared the phenomenon of screen scratch. For consumers who buy this machine, the first step to get started with Mega is to stick a film to keep it safe!
▲ Top design of fuselage
At the top, the design of Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 is still the same as that of Samsung Galaxy S4. The top is equipped with a metal speaker dust screen, a signal breathing light, a light and distance sensor and a 1.9 megapixel front camera.
The shape design is nothing new.
▲ Bottom design of fuselage
Writing here, I suddenly want to vomit. If I take a picture of S4 or Mega for you alone, you can't tell the difference between the two phones. At the bottom, Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 is equipped with a physical HOME button, while the virtual button is hidden under the dark pattern of the wave point and equipped with backlight, which is triggered by light sensor or touch.
▲ Back design
The back is made of unchangeable plastic material. Colleagues have discussed that Samsung's flagship model uses an unchangeable plastic body, and the conclusion is that Samsung's unchangeable plastic body still does not match the status of its flagship mobile phone, even though there are many reasons such as productivity, technology and safety. But Samsung does have its terrible place. I dare say that only Samsung can play with plastic so textured.
▲ Back top design
On the top of the back, Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 is equipped with an 8 megapixel back-illuminated camera, and even the camera and flash are arranged in the same position as Samsung Galaxy S4. Although the overall fuselage, Samsung Mega achieved 7.9mm, but did not use an ultra-thin camera, resulting in a somewhat convex camera position.
▲ Rear sole design
At the bottom, the design is simple, only equipped with a speaker, and the plastic protrusion above the speaker also ensures that the mobile phone will not block the speaker when placed on the table. It can be seen from this that Samsung's control over the details is still in place.
▲ Top design of fuselage
On the top of the fuselage, Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 is equipped with an infrared data association in addition to a 3.5mm headphone jack and a noise-reducing microphone. This interface has been applied to Samsung Galaxy S4 before, and can be combined with the built-in software to realize the function of analog TV remote control.
▲ Bottom design of fuselage
The bottom of the fuselage is equipped with a call microphone and a microUSB interface. Due to the adoption of Qualcomm 400 series processors, the microUSB interface supports OTG function, and functions such as direct reading U disk, keyboard and mouse can be realized through OTG cable.
▲ left side design of fuselage
The left side of the fuselage is equipped with an integrated volume button, which has moderate key stroke and good touch.
▲ Right side design of fuselage
There is a power button on the right side of the fuselage, although Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 has some measurements on the fuselage. Break the record? However, the design of the power button and the integrated volume button can still ensure that the button can be triggered with one hand regardless of left-handed or right-handed operation. These small details highlight Samsung's understanding of the design of the mobile phone industry for many years.
▲ Samsung Galaxy Mega fuselage internal design
▲ Close-up of Samsung Galaxy Mega 3 100mAh battery.
Open the back cover and you can see that Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 uses a 3200mAh battery. Although the volume is much larger than Samsung Note2, the battery is only increased by 100mAh compared with Note2, which is even more stretched than Huawei Mate's 4400mAh. Fortunately, Mega's performance in battery life is good, thanks to its low-resolution 720P screen and low-energy Qualcomm 400 processor. Mega designs microSD card and microSIM card slot in the same location.
Editor's comment: In terms of appearance, Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 and S4 are basically the same, although this practice can save costs to a greater extent and the risk is smaller. However, I always feel that Samsung's low-end models follow the design of high-end models. Although it can guarantee sales, it will inevitably end up unintentionally. But this is also a different concept for each company. It is understandable that Samsung puts sales volume and cost control first.
How is the screen display?
The evaluation of Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 has to talk about the screen display effect of the machine. After all, most users who buy mobile phones come for this 6.3-inch screen. Before we start screen evaluation, we have to explain a misunderstanding: it is not that the larger the screen size, the more expensive the screen. At present, there are many kinds of mobile phone screens on the market, including Super AMOLED, IPS, SLCD, TFT and so on. Different technologies have different screen prices, but if they are made of the same material, the smaller the screen, the higher the resolution. The cost of using a 6.3-inch 1280*720 resolution screen like Mega 6.3 is not as high as that of a 5-inch 1080P resolution screen.
First of all, let's take a look at what technology screen Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 uses. Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 written in the technical document given by Samsung uses PLS screen, which is the abbreviation of Plane-To-Line Switching. Simply put, the mainstream screen technology IPS is a patent of LG, but the IPS standard is open, that is, if any screen can meet the IPS standard in display effect, it can be marked with the IPS standard authentication screen. PLS is Samsung's screen technology to realize the screen IPS standard. Simply put, the screen of Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 has reached the display effect of IPS screen.
▲PLS screen has been widely used in Samsung tablet.
According to the author's technical file, the maximum resolution that PLS screen can support at present is 1280*720, and Samsung is widely used in tablet computers and smart phones. Compared with LG's IPS screen, this screen has a larger viewing angle, faster response time and less afterimage. However, in contrast, PLS screen is not as good as IPS screen, but the gap is fine and cannot be distinguished by human eyes. Compared with the Super AMOLED screen of the same level, the price is cheaper. Energy consumption control is also better. Therefore, this screen of Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 is not unknown.
▲ Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 screen close-up
First, let's take a look at the screen definition of Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3. Although the screen with the resolution of 1280*720 can't make the machine reach the retina level, the 6.3-inch screen is also the normal visual range of human eyes, which makes the screen clearer. As can be seen from the close-up of the screen, under the close-up of the icon, Mega 6.3 is not lost to Samsung Galaxy S4 in terms of clarity.
▲ The screen displays 5 faces.
We also tested the viewing angle of the screen. According to the five pictures given above, we can see that this screen is not as good as advertised from the visual angle, and it will appear slightly white when viewed from the side, but it will not affect the normal use.
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Next, we also remake the screen of Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3. When reading color photos, Samsung Galaxy Mega is still quite powerful. The 6.3-inch screen has brought enough shock to the author. Today, the mobile phone screen has grown to 6.3 inches. I believe that consumers can really consider throwing away their tablets.
Editor's summary: The screen display effect of Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 is quite satisfactory. Although it is the product of Samsung considering the cost, the quality is still good. If you want to buy the Samsung Galaxy Mega screen, I believe this screen will not let you down.
What is the performance of Qualcomm 8230 dual-core processor?
As mentioned earlier, Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 adopts 1.4GHz Qualcomm MSM8230 dual-core processor, which is a low-end processor with Krait architecture and 28nm technology. Theoretically, its strength should be between MSM8960 in Qualcomm and MSM8225Q in Qualcomm. This is the mid-market processor used by Qualcomm in the MTK MT6589 quad-core processor competition. We have done a special test for this processor before. Today, I will take out the article on the special test of MSM8230 dual-core processor and share it with you.
New kernel 1.9.4 1
Neocore is a graphics performance benchmark software based on OpenGL-ES 1. 1. After the software is opened, an animation will be played. At the end of the animation, the software will evaluate the machine running the software and get the FPS value. The FPS value refers to the number of frames refreshed every second, which determines whether your picture is smooth or not. The higher the value, the stronger the 3D graphics capability of the mobile phone. It can be seen from the test results that the scores of Adreno 305 and Adreno 205 on MSM8230 are almost the same. (Reference data: Adreno 205 test score is 58.6-60.5FPS)
Intelligent workbench 20 12
Smartbench 20 12, a running score software optimized for dual-core, tests the computing power of CPU and 3D image processing ability, and provides scores of other Android phones and tablets for comparison, so that everyone can better understand the performance of their mobile phones. The test results can well reflect the multi-core and multi-thread capability of the mobile phone. The results fall into two categories: productivity and games. The former focuses on the overall performance of the mobile phone, while the latter focuses on the performance of the game. As can be seen from the results, MSM8230 is obviously superior to the mainstream dual-core processor in the market.
Ann Bunny Evaluation v3.0.3
In the new Ann Bunny testing software, 2D and 3D performance tests are more accurate, and the resolution of each mobile phone is different, so the final score of Xin 'an Bunny in display performance is converted into a unified resolution. We can see that MSM8230 scored 1 1827, and there is still a big gap between MSM 8230 and APQ8064, which is also a quad-core mobile phone.
Vellamo 2.0.2
As a mobile web ruler tool, it has now been expanded to include two main modules. HTML5 module can be used to evaluate the performance of mobile web browser, while Metal module can be used to measure the performance of CPU subsystem of mobile processor. Vellamo can evaluate scrolling, 3D graphics, video performance, memory reading and writing, bandwidth peak performance and many other aspects. (Reference data: Test results of the old version of Google Nexus 4 1954)
Nenamark2 v2
Nenamark is a running software specially designed for the performance of mobile phone processor display chip. It is divided into Nenamark and Nenamark2, which are aimed at low-end mobile phones and high-end mobile phones respectively. To know the true strength of MSM8230, we did not hesitate to run on Nenamark2. (Reference result: Nexus 4 uses Qualcomm AQP8064 processor, and Adreno320 GPU score is 59.8FPS).
Through so many running software, we have a simple understanding of Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3' s Qualcomm MSM8230 dual-core processor, but the score is cold data after all, and the real running situation still needs practical application. We chose a big game "Real Racing 2" to test this mobile phone.
The game size of "Real Racing 2" is about 1G, which is currently regarded as a large-scale game of Android. When running the game, we turned on the FPS meter software to monitor the screen refresh rate, and found that during the game running, the screen refresh rate is generally maintained at about 35 frames, while the definition of smooth running of the game is 30 frames, which means that the human eye can accept more than 30 frames, so the dual-core processor of Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 has little pressure to run large-scale games.
Editor's summary: Although the processor is not top-notch, after Samsung's optimization, its 720P screen reduces the pressure on the processor, making it perform well on Samsung Mega. However, we should also know that this processor can't be compared with the current Qualcomm 600 and Samsung Orion 8-core processors, or even the Orion quad-core processor on Samsung Galaxy Note 2.
Analysis of 8 Million Pixel Photography
In fact, the quality of cameras in the current mobile phone market is almost the same, including Samsung and Sony, the first-tier manufacturers, and Yu Shun, the second-tier manufacturer, can also produce back-illuminated cameras, and they are all back-illuminated cameras. The quality of cameras of first-line and second-line manufacturers is similar. The main reason is that the size of the photosensitive element of the mobile phone camera is limited. It has reached the limit to solve this limitation with various technologies.
At present, there are many camera technologies on the market, such as PureView, back-illuminated, laminated, stacked, Ultrapiexl and so on. In fact, it is an attempt to increase the luminous flux on a limited size photosensitive element. Although the quality of the camera has improved compared with ordinary cameras, the improvement is still limited. Today, let's take a look at the quality of Samsung Galaxy Mega, an 8 megapixel camera.
First of all, because Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 uses Android 4.2.2 system, there are only Samsung Galaxy S4 and Samsung Galaxy Mega on the market. Samsung has customized a variety of camera modes on Android 4.2.2 system, including ten camera modes such as night scene shooting, sports shooting, panoramic shooting and beauty shooting. However, the author also found that Mega did not introduce the function of taking pictures with the front and rear cameras on S4. This is also a way to separate the mid-range models from the high-end models.
▲ Analysis of photo setting interface
In other settings, Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 is more open. Compared with iPhone, more settings are fixed. Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 can choose ISO value, metering point and white balance. Of course, there are also automatic modes that do not require user settings. Although it is not as flexible as a SLR camera, it can also meet the DIY plot of some consumers.
Next, let's take a look at the photo quality of Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 through proofs.
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In fact, as I said before, the camera ability of mobile phones is roughly the same at present. In the case of good light intensity during the day, the expressive force of proofs can meet the purpose of consumers to record their lives.
Editor's comment: Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 camera is quite satisfactory in camera strength, with more humanized settings and more optional modes.
System experience+full text summary
In terms of system, Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 adopts the same Android 4.2.2 system as Samsung Galaxy S4, but the processor is weaker than Samsung Galaxy S4, which makes Samsung Galaxy Mega weaker than Samsung Galaxy S4 in intelligent action and human-computer interaction. For example, functions such as intelligent scrolling and eyeball scrolling are not added, but some basic functions such as intelligent staying are still retained.
▲ The remaining space of 8 GB version is 2.54GB.
First, let's take a look at the hard disk space occupied by Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 system. Previously, the official system of Samsung Galaxy S4 occupied too much space, which has been criticized by consumers, saying that the mobile phone space was insufficient when purchasing the 16G memory version 10G. Although Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 is not as integrated as S4 in intelligent action, the remaining space of the system is less than 3GB. Of course, I have an 8GB version, 65438+. Considering that the current Android game size is 1G, if users buy the 8GB version of Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3, they may face the embarrassing situation that only one large game can be installed. So I suggest you buy the 16GB version.
▲ One-handed control optimization of large screen
In other respects, Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 is optimized for the big screen. For example, as we said before, Mega is a mobile phone that cannot be controlled by one hand. Basically, every step of operating a mobile phone requires two hands. However, Samsung still joined the one-handed mode, optimized the dialing interface and calculator interface, and simplified the operation as much as possible.
▲ The picture-in-picture function is more practical.
Multi-window function is also a major feature of Mega. Although this function was first applied to Samsung Galaxy Note 2, the advantages of multi-window operation are more obvious for mobile phones with larger screens, which is more obvious on Mega. Multi-window operation combined with 6.3-inch screen allows Mega to basically realize multi-task operation and browse short messages while watching videos.
▲ List of other functions
Of course, Samsung Galaxy Mega is also equipped with intelligent remote control, S health and other functions. In a word, Samsung Galaxy Mega's system is more like S4' s system being enlarged to a big screen mobile phone.
Full text summary:
I believe that after reading the full text, you have such an understanding of Samsung Galaxy Mega, its performance is not strong, and its software optimization is not brand-new. Although the screen of Samsung Galaxy Mega is larger than Note2, the system optimization is not as good as Note2, nor is it equipped with S-Pen for business people, and the screen does not support the sensitive touch function supported by current high-end mobile phones. So this machine is not as commercial as Note2.
To sum up, the advantages and disadvantages of Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3:
Advantages:
The screen size is large, which can replace the tablet computer, and the effect of watching movies and pictures is good. The system runs smoothly. The processor has low energy consumption and long battery life.
Disadvantages: the screen is not scratch-resistant. The price is higher than that of the same mobile phone. At present, the Galaxy Mega phone is basically the same as Note2. If the price can be reduced to 2500, this machine is worth recommending.